By . In mid-March, the United Kingdom launched five new social impact bonds (SIB), adding to the momentum that the field has witnessed in the last few years. As the number of SIBs around the world has grown to 43, they have become more diverse both in terms of countries and social issues targeted. In the most mature SIBs market, the U.K., impacts funds have even grown to cover multiple deals instead of just individual transactions. More...
By Maysa Jalbout. “The Arab world has made huge progress in giving children access to school,” says Maysa Jalbout, a nonresident fellow with the Center for Universal Education at Brookings. Yet even so, she calls the 2.6 million Syrian children out of school in the region “perhaps the biggest education crisis globally.” In the podcast, Jalbout—former CEO of the Queen Rania Foundation and a global leader on education in international development—discusses the challenges and solutions to educating children in the Arab world, why quality and not just access matters, how the education crisis is a global security issue, and why 3 out of 4 Arab women remain out of the labor force in their countries. Much of the discussion is about Jalbout’s new report, “Reaching all Children with Education in Lebanon: Opportunities for Action.” More...
By Patrick Wintour. A re-elected coalition government would increase tution fees to £11,500 a year, Labour has claimed.
Labour said a black hole in university finances meant a renewed Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition would mean higher fees for undergraduate students. More...
By Suzanne McGee. BlackRock’s Rick Rieder takes a strictly pragmatic perspective on the broader consequences of parents not thinking long-term. More...
By Henry McDonald. Queen’s University Belfast reverses earlier decision to cancel conference on security grounds after writers and academics dispute reasoning.
Queen’s University Belfast has reversed its earlier decision to cancel a conference on the Charlie Hebdo massacre on security grounds.
The university came under sustained criticism from novelists, poets, academics and intellectuals over the cancellation of the symposium, which was due to be held on the campus in June.
A spokesperson for QUB’s communications office said on Friday: “Following the completion of a comprehensive risk assessment, undertaken in line with approved protocols, the university is pleased to confirm that the Charlie Hebdo Research Symposium, organised by the Institute for Collaborative Research in the Humanities, has been approved.” More...
By Graeme Atherton. Research shows a decrease in tuition fees could see students from poorer backgrounds choosing different courses and working less during term time. More...
By Carolee Summers-Sparks. It’s not just Oxford and Cambridge who have the potential to raise money from alumni and donors, but fundraising departments need more staff. More...
By Richard Adams. Study shows the bulk of funds attained via donations and gifts is raised by UK’s leading research universities, with Oxbridge dominating the field. More...
There are a growing number of young people rightly complaining they are hearing very little debate about issues that directly concern them in this election. As the campaign has progressed, we’re now hearing little more than a murmur about education. Perhaps the government has succeeded in creating the illusion among commentators that all is well and there is no education battleground to be fought over. Nothing could be further from the truth. More...
By Rebecca Ratcliffe and Claire Shaw. While US universities dominate the QS subject tables again, UK universities come out top in education and geography, among others.
QS world university rankings 2015 by subject. More...
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